Goodreads Quotes

"It is a waste of time to see people who have only a social surface to show. I will make every effort to find out the real person, but if I can't, then I am upset and cross. Time wasted is poison."— May Sarton

What I’m Reading

We bought her new in Dallas, Texas one spring morning: a deep garnet red metallic MX-5 Miata. Retractable hard top. Buff colored leather interior. Loaded. Going north on I-35 after the last handshake, we drove so fast I swear we caught sight of a comet’s tail as we flew. A hundred and thirty miles per hour was effortless and smooth. We hurtled out of Texas a […]

“Sometimes, if your own life is to add up, you must subtract yourself from someone else’s life. This time comes, I think, whenever you find that the affection or love of someone else can be kept only at the cost of your self. If you are on the receiving end of much criticism, if the other has nothing but dissatisfaction with you, if you have lost the sense t […]

If people were stray animals, wandering alone and hungry, how long would one range before her protruding ribs and sunken eyes betrayed her as rejected, unwanted, alone? How long would she dart in and out of traffic, looking for water or rest before some kindly motorist stopped, called out, and tried to entice her to safety with some morsel of food? If people […]